Aqueduct

Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, also known as Trajan, was born on 18 September in Italica, Spain in the year AD 52. His Spanish origin made him the first emperor of Rome to not to be born in Italy. Trajan was the son of a well-respected general and senator also named Marcus Ulpius Trajanus. In his adult years, he became a soldier and served on many distant Roman frontiers. He was elected head of the senate in 98 A.D. Shortly after, he married a woman named Pompeia Plotina. Trajan, who was at that time…

In one of the first episodes of the Cracked podcast, Jason Pargin* spoke of generational gaps, and the loss of privacy. To paraphrase, he said you don’t see the generational gap when someone acts in a way you would not, the gap arises when someone deliberately goes out to do something that you couldn’t be forced to do (Pargin, 2014). In the context of digital literacy, new people are learning about digital media in new ways and reasons not envisioned before. This is to be a discussion of the…

reflects off of the work of Gaius Gracchus, a Roman political leader, who had a knack for practical architecture. Furthermore, because of his work, Plutarch perceives architecture as a masterpiece. A well-known invention from the Roman Empire is the aqueducts. They were an efficient, safe and pleasurable ways that the public could receive water from. Frontinus, a Roman general, governor of Britain, and water commissioner for the city of Rome, monitors the progress of waterways and near geography…

A Murky Situation: The Flint Water Crisis Most Americans would readily agree that all people deserve the right to clean water, but the when they realize the large monetary commitment this requires, the water becomes murky, both literally and figuratively. This phenomenon is pronounced in Flint, Michigan. The downturns of the auto industry in the 1980s wrecked havoc in this prominently black city to the extent that today about 40% of its citizens live under the poverty line. In 2014, Flint sought…

Julius Caesar-Hero or Tyrant? Many people have the same questions: “Who was Julius Caesar?”, “Was he really so awful that he was stabbed?”, and “Was he a hero or a tyrant?” The truth is that Julius Caesar was a hero, not a tyrant. He impacted Rome in a positive way, and definitely was a needed blessing. Caesar saved the land from the terrible senators, gave food to the people, and provided jobs. He was thought of as more a god than a man. Caesar was not perfect, but there is no perfect person.…

Born the son of Gaius Octavius and Atia Balba Caesonia, Augustus Caesar was known by many names, each possessing a certain period of his long life. He was born on the 23rd of September, 63 B.C, and was given the name Octavius then Octavian after the Emperor Julius Caesar adopted him. Only after he was appointed the first emperor of Rome was he given the title of Augustus Caesar. Octavian’s father, Gaius Octavius, was first in the family to be elected into the high office of the Roman senate.…

1 Dedek The history of Rome is a fascinating and an extraordinary one. During its existence, the city has gone through multiple transformations, and it has experienced a variety of captivating events and phenomena. While the history of Rome is remarkable and unique, it can, interestingly, be compared and analyzed against a modern version of a great metropolis, which is Chicago. In evaluating the Roman culture in the relationship to the American cultural system, one can point out many…

was Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser has a very interesting history that has guided the HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) to where they are today. They started in the early 1930’s, providing health care for construction workers on the Colorado River Aqueduct Project. Dr. Sidney Garfield provided care for injured and sick workers and while the employees were being taken care of, Dr. Garfield was losing money. They convinced the workers to pay a small amount of their paychecks to Dr. Garfield per…

Bazaar The Bazaar, which were numerious, were mostly formed of long, straight, and tolerably wide avenues. The largest and best bazaar had an air of meanness about it that was not common on the largest bazaar of Turkey. It was long, wide, and lofty and well filled with dealers and wares of all sorts. Several of these bazaars were vaulted over with bricks work; but the great number were merely covered with flat beams which supports a roof of straw, dried leaves or brances of the tree and grass.…

period, The rancho period, The victorian period (SARC), The Earthquake of 1925, and the boom period. Some interesting facts of Santa Barbara are, many early movies were filmed in Santa Barbara, as it was “Hollywood of the North”. Parts of the mission aqueduct are still in use by the city’s waterworks department even today. Also during World…